
Understanding and Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
The Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect or child maltreatment as: Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which …
The lasting impact of neglect - American Psychological …
Jun 1, 2014 · The list of problems that stem from neglect reads like the index of the DSM: poor impulse control, social withdrawal, problems with coping and regulating emotions, low self …
Elder abuse: How to spot warning signs, get help, and report …
Nov 10, 2022 · Caregiver neglect, which can be intentional or unintentional, and involves intentionally failing to meet the physical, social, or emotional needs of the older person. …
Neglect is a failure to meet the child’s basic needs e.g., not providing enough food, shelter or basic supervision, necessary medical or mental health treatment, adequate education or …
neglect can also include failure to pay the bills or to manage the older person’s money responsi-bly. Family caregivers may inadvertently neglect their older relatives because of their own lack …
Resolution on the Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities
Parenting and proximity to social services: Lessons from Los Angeles County in the community context of child neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 45, 35-45. Manders, J. E., & Stoneman, Z. …
How psychology can do more to prevent abuse of people with …
Poverty is a known risk factor for abuse and neglect, and people with disabilities are more likely than those without to live below the poverty line, says Rhoda Olkin, PhD, a professor at the …
a series of determinations such as whether abuse or neglect occurred,, the quality of parenting capacity, the need for treatment services, the necessity of supervised parenting or out-of …
Racial stereotyping and misdiagnosis of child abuse
Jul 1, 2020 · Najdowski and Bernstein documented the existence, content and strength of stereotypes that could contribute to these patterns (Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 86, 2018). In …
Study: Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age …
Aug 3, 2020 · However, those studies looked at many different types of adversity—abuse, neglect, poverty, and more—and at several different measures of biological aging. To …